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Jeanette Walls, author of the best-selling memoir "The Glass Castle," speaks at the University of St. Thomas about her life growing up poor in a West Virginia mining town. She says learning to navigate life's obstacles makes a person stronger, and we shouldn't be so quick to judge or stereotype other people.

'The Glass Castle' author Jeanette Walls on life's challenges

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